The Turn of the Native

by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Flávio Gordon, Francisco Araújo

Brazilian anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro has been a vital force in anthropology for the past fifteen years. Here in The Turn of the Native , he and his students probe issues pertinent to the future of the discipline in a series of concise and sharp essays. They ask such questions Is identity a useful concept, or is it more like a contagious disease? Should we replace the traditional tactics of “othering” with something new? And is the objectification of culture simply cannibalism by another name? This hard-hitting pamphlet captures the fascinating debates emerging in the Brazilian school of “ethno-anthropology.”

100 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2008

About the author

Eduardo Viveiros de Castro is a Professor of Social Anthropology at the National Museum, Rio de Janeiro.